Shingle and veneer cutting machine



Dec. 16, 1930. v J.-E. ECKERSLEY ,4

SHINGLE AND VENEER CUTTING MACHINE filed July 16, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet l -Z 46 65 7 4 L60 44 l O a c o '56 4f g o J3 6 o 46 46 o a 0 O Q F 9 o o 46 J6 l a0 Dec. 16, 1930 J. E..ECKERSLEY 1,785,439

SHINGLE AND VENEER CUTTING MACHINE Fil ed July 16, 1929- 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 16, 1930. J. E. ECKQERSLEY 1,785,439

'SHINGLE' AND VENEER CUTTING MACHINE Filed July 16, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 ll h.

Dec 16, 1930.

J. E. ECKERSLEY SHINGLE AND VENEER CUTTING MACHINE F'iled July 16, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 gwvewtoz Dec. 16, 1930. J. E. ECKERSLEY SHINGLE AND VENEER CUTTING MACHINE Filed July 16, 1929 6 Sheets-Sheet s Dc. 16, 1930; J. E. ECKERSLEY 1,785,439

SHINGLE AND VENEEB'CUTTING MACHINE Filed July 16, 192 9 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Patented Dec, 16, 1930 7 i uN lTfE D PATENT 1 OFFICE JAMES E. Ec E" ALEXQNDEB ronson, or

RSLEY, onnnnnnnnn; WASHINGTO YASS IGNO R or own-HALF T0 I -IOQU'IAM, WASHINGTON v .fsiirnennnn n VENEER,our'r NG'M oHINn i Applicationifiled July 16,

' One of the objects of invention-is :to i

provide a machine for cutting shingles, bat-' tery separators and veneer. which will practlcally eliminate waste-such. as sawdust in 5 that the machine is designed tohandle blocks l struction cooperates.

and reduces-the spa-Its to ,a minimum. i

Another object of my invention is to provide apluralit-y of block holding devices on one :table with which a-knife'of special con Another object of my Videa machine of this character in which the knife contacts on {the block with a shearing actiomas distinguished fromasplitting action; thereby enabling c me to operate-the machine with a minimum of power and without liability of dragginguncut fibersth'rough the timber, therebyeliminating the possi 'bility. of breaking the'grain' and the other fibers ahead ofthe knife whichcause shattering of the stock A further object of -positively 'and intermittently moved toward the knife and held in proper position to bev operated'upon bythe'knife. j a 1 A further object of-mylinvention is; vide feeding means whereby an irregular -b1ook maybe fedr vat one'end, more than atbutt end of a shingle-from the-same end of -the block untiltheblock becomes regular in shape, and thereafter to gfit the. block so that the butt ends of the shingle will alternately a be out from one end of the block the other end of the block.

A further object 7 of} my; invention blocks whereby the blocks may be fed to cut standard shingles, or what jisknown, as diinenslon shingles ore-shakes.

A further object of my invention 2. rvide inf connectionw-ith the feeding rolls for the block ,-ine ans :to ;.hold a sp alt? while the shingles or otherl material arebeingif cut her fr m,e n ui h hes "andi'oth r bje in view my inten n con ist ot the parts and eombinations of parts as lwillj-be herein- 7 .tipnot the, exten ion 19' vfr tathe housing '18 af erme e.i illysdesoribed, i i

' j Figure 2 is invention is to proinvention to r'pjrovide, ina machine of this; character, J means whereby the block :may be evenly and to a { andi from p v q i journalled ontheshaft lQ and isip'rovided is to; provide njejans for-l feedingaipluralityfofa i929 seriei No. 378,762.

'thedrawings: i 1 Figure 1 is a top planview of a shingle and veneer cutting machine embodying my invention; r I

the arrows. I

= Figure Sis an enlarged; detail top. plan view of one of the block holding; and feed sections-of the machine. i v t Figure, 4, is an enlarged, detail sectional view-on the line, Figure 3 looking in the direction. of the arrow A.

Figure 5- is an enlarged; detail" sectional View on the line looking in the direction of the arrow E, Figure 3. V

.F'gure 6isjfanienlarged detail sectional View through the feeding roll mechanism.

a sectional viwmi the line 22,'F1gure 1,clo0king;in thG dlIGOtlOII' Of a Figure 7 is a top plan viewof thernachine Q with the j operating; parts removed fromthe tablefshowing the eccentric mounting of the knife with'r'eference to the table.

Q-The base 8 ofthe machine may be of any desired construction and is provided With legs or standards 9 upon which ismounted a table bed or platform 10 havingblock open-r ing lOaQ This base is also provided with a hub 11 in, WhlChqOIlGQIICl -Qf -.a shaft 12 is mounted inafixed position. 13 is a pedestal in which i the driving shaft 14- is v ournalledt said shaft lethaving keyed thereto a Worm g ea'r 1 5 which meshes with a worm gear wheel 16' lgeyed to the shaft-12, there being a ball thrust bearing 17, interposed between the upper end o'fthe hubfl l and the bottom face oftheivormgear wheel 16. ,'A-hous ing 18 is with; atubular' vertically disposed extension 119, in which extension the shaft QOof the llmife collar 21 is jour-nalled. A spur gear;

QQ-iskeyed to the shaft 12 and is adapted to V engage thespur gear 23 keyed'to the shaftfZO' of; thelknife collar 21; The a knife collar is provided with ahub'2 i the :lo we'rend of tension 19..-:The shaft Q Ois'keyed to the knife I c'oll'ar by n eansof thegkey26l; ,FromrFigure 7 the knife collar 21 is placedeocentric to the shaft 12 and the center of the machine frame or table 10, andin its'travel around theaxis of the shaft 12 theknife collar maintains this eccentric position. The knife collar has a depression or seat 27 near its outer edgein which a'circular knife 28 is-seatechbeing secured thereon "by the screws'29, as more ,clearly, shown in Figure 2'. v V a The casing orhousing 18 is rev'olubly mounted on the shaft 12,? and rigidlyconnected to the worm gear 16; the shaft has a bearing 30 rigidly secured at itstop' in which a journal pin 31 isrew olubly'n ounted, to whichpin-one endof a pitman 32 is connected, The other end of 1thejpitman 32 is keye'd to a shaft33 mounted in a bearing 34 supported by the arms 35 on the'ftable '10. This shaft 33 carries at its upperend a cam 7 '1 135 whi'chengages with the roller ,86'inounted on the rocker arm: '37

A, Figure 2, said rocker arm being keyed to the shaft '38,] To

the free end of the-rocker arm 37 one end of a' turn buckle rod 39'is connected, the other 25 end of said rod 39 being pivotally connected to the arm 40 of the bell crank lever pivoted at 41'." The arm42'of thejbellcranklever has pivoted to it a-link '43, which in turnis pivotally-connected toa weightedlever-44f This ee-weighted lever or arm 44" connected to a cam case housing mountedon t-heshaft 45, which shaft carries" a"-wojrm'gear 46 -that meshes with the worm'wheel 47 that is keyed to-the shaft48'of the-block feeding roller 5 49," the roller 49 {turning in thefdirection of "the arrow shown in Figure 6. 1 When thehigh point of the cam 35c'omes incontact with-the roller 36 the rockerarm 37 "A will be moved and pull the rod 39in the; direction of-the arrow shown in'Figure -4""whereby the hell cranklever (405-42) is correspondingly moved and through the link-43 weighted lever 44 is moved whereby the shaft 45,'worm 'gears 46 and 47,jand"shaft 48 arefoperated,

4 *which in turn revolves the'blockfitting rollers V "49 in the direction ofthe arrows shown in Figure6, thus feeding the'bl'ock to the knife for the cutting operation; v

' Mounted in the casing isa pawl and ratchet 5o" mechanismi'50 of the general type'shown in qmy application, Serial No, 214,185, which? pawl andratchet mechanism is operated by the rod 39, bell crank arms 40 and 42, link 43, andweighted lever 44,'soas to turn the'sha'fi Q .45fonly in onedirection :at predetermined timed intervals whereby thefeedrollers49 advance the block to befcut' at predetermined V timed intervals timedwith the approach of r the knife'to thatparti'cular block whichjis to (so be operated upon, and this is; repeated throughout the gangs ;of feed rollersfin the machine. 1;

v 7 Thegife'ed rollers theinechanism ifor them up toi the ir'work, illustratedin h A ns 'F gure6, aresubstantially the'sanie as'shown' scribedjitoffeed' the fblock toibesc it a e 9 in my No. 1,552,985; Thesupports 51 i for the rollers 49 are mounted on the table 10,

as shown in Figure 6, and securedto these supports are pivotally mounted arms 52 having a forwardly'projecting base 53, the forward 'pointededge of which is' adapted to engage the block of wood to be operated uponthereby maintainingthe blockin proper and;predetermined position for operation, thef arm'sb'eing resiliently held" in operative positionby"-meansfofjthe springs 54. These supports 5l-are in turn-connected'by-means ot a stub shaft side) a lever56 (see Figure 3) fwhich ispro'vided with a pawl 57 adapted to engagethe rack 58, so that in'the eventthat it is necessary to move one of the supporting "blocks 53, toaccommodatea small-block oi woodfto' be operate'd upon, the-lever 56 1s moved in aproper direction and through the shaftf51a,the base 51 and roller 49 are slid" to'their p'roper'and'desired position. p

In order to'hold the blockoperated upon 'againstmovement longitudinally relative to the roller 49 I provide a spring arm 59 pivotally mountedat 60, said arm having a screwthreaded extension 61 on which is' adjustably mounted a weight 62-, whereby by adjusting f the weight 62 onthe arm 61 the desired ten- "sion' on the spring 59jagainst the side of the block of 'wood'can be 'ma'intained, therebyholding the: block in proper position for-operationt, j 9 4 .On. the table 10 7 '(s eeFigure 5) in which is mounted a'shaft .64 and the shaft'65. On the outer ends of the shafts 64 and 65am mounted plates 66/ On the shaft 651 mount a collar 67', and between this collar and thejwall of the casting 641 provide-a coil spring 68 (seeFigure '3). The

cured to'the casting 63, while the plate66 t0 ther left in Figure r3 'isadjustable, under the "tension of-the spring 68,'towa'rd and from ':the block of wood being operated upon, so

that thedistance between the plates '66 is" an tom'aticallyffadj ust'ableto' accommodate the size of the wooden'block td beopera'ted upon between them thereby holding. the block in proper predetermined position as it is being fed throughthe opening'69a in'thetable 10.

The block*69 to be operated (show'n in F igure ,3) not only crests against the casting '63,

Y butjit'alsores'ts against the plates or arms 66,

and'the-sprin'g 59f affords-an additional sup-j iport for the block vvhereby' the block to be I operated upon hasgin effect, affour pointed support, tohold itiii proper predetermined p'osition."., p 5 As litfwill be understood'jfronifthefforef I going description', "theiceifi 35 revolves' with *thef'kiiife [so fl-th'at as it reaches in succession the series offeed rollers "a iidfblocks' mounted 'T'on"themaehine'thehigh point'offthe cam'operates the severalvparts as heretoforeueproper point in the revolution of the knife, the pitman 32 controlling this movement. In this connection it is again noted. that the knife is mounted eccentric to the axis ofthe shaft 12. if a I,

It is obvious that the machine may be used for wood slicing for various'purposes includ- 7 ing battery separators;

WhatI claim is 1. In a. machine of the character described, the combination with the bed plate, and its base,of a vertical fixed shaft in said base, a gear wheel keyed to said shaft," a support frame journalled on said shaft, a stub, shaft revolubly mounted in said frame, inte-rmeshin'g gears keyed tothe said shaft andstub shaft, a knife revolubly mounted on said frame, block feeding devices on said bed plate, means connecting the said stub shaft i a stub shaft journalled in said frame eccenand feedingdevices for operating saidfeeding deviceslin timed relation tothe travel of the knife. Y 2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a base and a bed plate support by said base on a vertical fixed shaft in said base, a frame ournalled on said shaft,

tric to the vertical axis of the bed plate, means to revolve said frame around the ve tical shaft, a plurality of' block feeding :de-V vices mounted on said bed plates, a knife revolubly mounted on said frame, a pitman pivotally connected with said stub shaft, and

nieansconnecting the said pitman to said block feeding devices to operate the block feeding devices in timed relation to the to be engaged by said cam, and a knife revolublyr carried by said stub shaft. 7

' 5. In a machine of the character described,

shaft, a gear Wheel suitably mounted on said 7 framepa stub shaft revolubly mounted in I said frame eccentricallyto the vertical axis of the bed plate, a spur wheel keyed to said stub shaft and adapted to intermesh with the spur wheel on the vertical shaft, a circular knife revolubly mounted onsaid frame, a plurality of block feedingfdevices on sa d bed plate, apitman, one'end of which is piv-' otally secured to the stu-bshaft, a cam connected to and operated by-said pitman, operating means forthe block feeding devices adapted to be operated by'said cam, whereby the bloclr'feeding devices are operatedsuc cessively in timed relation relative to the travel of the said knife. 7 r

6. In a machine of the character described, the combinationwith a bedplate having a pluralityof block openings therethrough,

block feeding devices operatively associated with said openings, a rotatable knife, a

mounting for said knife rotatable about an axis'eccentric to the bed plate, and means op eratedfrom the eccentric rotatable mounting to operate said feeding devices.

In testimonytwhereof I 'afiix my signature. JAMES ECKERSLEY.

3. In a machine of the cl iaracterdescribed, V

the combination with a base. and bed-plate support thereby and provided with a plurality of block openingsdisposed concentrically 4 with the vertical axis of the .bed plate, block feeding devices operatively associated with said block openingsya. revolv ng cam supported by said bed plate, means. connected V with the block feeding devices designed to' be operatedby said cam, and a knife mounted eccentrically to thevertical. axis of the bed I plate andadapted to revolveunder said plate and said openings, and means associated with a said knife to operate said Cam; 7 f

e. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with afraine and bed plate supported thereby, a vertical fixedshaft in-f said frame, a gear wheel keyed to saidshaft,

a frame revolubly mounted'on saidshaft, a

stub shaft revolubly mounted in said frame eccentrics-11y to the verticalaxis of the bed piate, a geared connection between the vertical shaft and stub shaft, a 'r evoluble cam, means connecting said cam with said, stub shaft, a plurality 0f block feeding device's mounted on said bed plate,;a,nd means con necting said block feeding devices adapted 

